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  • Giving Muslim children names peculiar to Christians

    Salam aleikum, I am muslim male married to a christian. We are expecting our first child very soon inch Allah. My wife would like to give her last name (Alvarez) as a middle name to our child on the birth certificate. He would bear my family name as his last name. I would like to know if this way of doing is compliant to the islamic law. I know that.. More

  • Marrying a woman who proves to be still married to her first husband

    ASLAMO ALAIKUM, sir my question is.a man marry a divorce women after two years a man know this truth her first husband not gave him divorce she is liying her second husband.in this situatin he throw out her wife and stop all the relation with her.what you say about this marry.and secondly.her first husband daughter who her women real daughter is wish.. More

  • No legitimate tie of kinship between the adopted child and the foster parent

    I am a revert to Islam alhamduallah for almost 9 years. I meet and married my husband a year after I embraced Islam. Alhamduallah he is a pious Muslim, kind and faithful husband and wonderful father to our children. My husband and I are going through a very painful issue with my family. I was adopted as a toddler and for all of my life was kept from.. More

  • A husband is not entitled to force wives to share a single house

    Salam sir i have two wives. my first wife lives in her brothers' house and my second wife has left me 6 months ago due to a private problem, leaving me hurt and depressed because i truly deeply loved her & even sacrificed many things for her. i had met her at my workplace and because of my falling in love with her my wife took my sons & went.. More

  • Accustoming children to keep good relations with 'abusive' mother

    Assalam Alikum, A friend of mine recently divorced his wife. He has two boys aged 2.5 and 4.5 at the time of divorce. One of the main reasons for the divorce was because the mother was physically and verbally abusive to the young children and neglectful to them. The children were behind on their physical health (underweight) and language skills due.. More

  • Adultery does not establish lineage or affect marriage

    i have learnt from this forum that whenever there is difference of opinion on a matter then a mufti should choose that opinion which is more close to quran and sunnah. please refer to question no.2512190, there are two opinions on this issue. one that was answered on this forum that nikkah is only way of establishing linkage and adultery can not establish.. More

  • Do not hasten to marry this new Muslim man before verifying his religiosity

    Assalamu Alaikum Brother/Sister. I'm Siddiqua and a non-muslim man proposed me(not an online friend but he is my colleague) and he is a converted muslim now but still not practising his prayers since his family doesn't know about his conversion. He knows the values of Islam. He went for classes to know about Islam.He approached my parents and everything.. More

  • Marrying a Christian woman of weak faith

    Six years ago, I met a guy (Mahmoud) at my college who is Muslim and we fell in love. We dated for a few years until he confessed to me that being together without marriage hurt him. He made us sign a marriage contract called Orfi and he said that it was better than nothing. About 18 months ago, he asked to get married legally and I said yes. As we.. More

  • The theory of telegony (indirect heredity) is wrong

    What is the Islamic ruling on telegony (theory of heredity)? (Some scholars have used it to discourage adultery) .. More

  • When couples disagree on issues debated by Islamic jurists

    Me and my wife are passing through worst period of our married life. Following are our four conflicts which I believe are my rights while she deny: 1. She refuse to do French kissing with me all the time (Which I want) with the logic that her heart don't want to do it with me because she feel that I have no importance for her in my life while I think.. More

  • Father may not marry his son's ex-wife even if son had no children with her

    Respoected brother, Your answer to my question no 25152278 does not satisfy me completely. You have quoted a verse from the Quran stating that it is forbidden to marry the wives of sons born fro your loins or in other words biological sons. But once the son divorces his wife and they have no child from that marriage, then the father of the son is no.. More

  • How to deal with wife who refuses to cover face

    asalamualikum hope you are in the best of imaan and also i pray Allah grants you istiqamah. could you please tell me how i should deal with my wife in regards to her wearing the niqab. i have seen the evidences on covering the face and hold it to be frad for her to cover her face. i have advised he countless times in many different ways to cover her.. More

  • He divorced his wife, then had phone sex with her during her 'Iddah

    Dear scholars,assalamou3alaykoum,my wife and me lived far from each other and we used to have sexual conversations over the phone.The point of phone sex is to help the partner in achieving orgasm through masturbation.People call that sinful act "phone sex". May Allah soubhanouwata3ala forgive us...Then i decided to divorce my wife and i did it.I told.. More

  • Trimming the hair without husband's permission

    I have a problem! MY HUSBAND gets very angry when I trim my hairs & he's saying it is sinful to trim your hairs without the husband's permission. Am I sinful if I trim my hairs without permission of my husband? .. More

  • Husband being incarcerated justifies seeking divorce

    My husband & I are both in our upper forties. He is also incarcerated for Life. We've been married for 5 yrs. I had no problem forfeiting my rights to marry him...he has now decided he wants to take another wife. I cant understand why under these conditions he would even consider such a move. He wants me to continue to live as his wife and I want.. More